I'll second this.

well its usually the case where every subsequent generation has a higher standard of living in the US... So i think that your grand parents said that about your parents etc etc....I think its different, but i dont think that i would say easier/harder

i second this

i would have to say its just always quite diffrent and the challenges all though similar are harder to make because of predetermind knowledge and pressure to do right

I think that the challenges facing younger people today are far beyond the expectations that my generation had, in its youth.
The liberation of communication from the clutch of the former media controls created new types of freedom and also new responsibility for personal and ethical conduct. Business and individuals alike now have presumed access to any person at any time, regardless of propriety that used to prohibit unannounced intrusions. With the advent of exporting/outsourcing information jobs, and with the maturing of international business and political/economic ventures, the idea of having national and regional loyalty diminishes. The children of this present generation will grow up into a vastly more complex world socio-economic interdependency than was possible just a few decades ago.
Would I trade these circumstances for the times of my youth? Not at all.
Whom is at fault? Overpopulation is at fault. Without the press to expand industry/employment and social welfare causes there would be less of a need for interdependency, and there would also be a stabilization of currency values and the local/national economic systems.

I think people who talk about the "younger generation today" have forgotten that they were part of the "younger generation" that their parents were complaining about. If we turned out okay, I'm guessing history will repeat itself, despite that there are good and bad "apples" in every age group.

I vote for more focus on mentoring young adults -honestly, there are some AMAZING teens and young adults out there! I find that in many ways, they've got their sh*t so much more together than my peer group did. It's a different world today, but difference aren't always bad...just different.

Just my thoughts...I'm really passionate about this subject and if you don't agree, that's okay too.

Every generation has its own problem and difficulty, todays generation (20 and under) might have it better then us with the technology side of things but they lack the stability of family (parents working to much, parents splitting to easily) and they also have to look at the future they have ahead which looks a lot dimmer then when I was a teen (more wars, more disease, less work if not schooled) it might look easier to us older folks (humm) but our parents said the same thing about us and the kids of today will say the same about their kids, ain't the grass always greener on the other side.

you got it so right.my daughter is 7 and i have to teach her so much in the next 11 years. one thing you can count on in life is change. one must change with it.or one will be lost.

No, i don't think they have it to easy, they way things are changing and knowing school is still the same. Not teaching anything about life in the real world as what your going to need to know to servive. I say there more ****ed in the future then we are.

yes



i don't know who to blame so i'm just going to blame G W Bush for it

Can you tell I work with teens?

And of course I don't think all teens are like this, but when a 14 year-old girl cannot catch a bus on time because she is too busy putting on her make-up and talking with her friends that shows a lack of responsibility, the bus leaves at the same time every day. That, I can almost understand. The part that drives me absolutely insane is her attitude of "If the teacher tries to get me in trouble over this, my dad will have him fired."

What is this girl learning here? If I complain to my daddy, I will get whatever I want. That's gonna bite her in the @$$ once she gets out into the real world.


Of course the whole reason why I love working with teens because of the potential they have and to watch them grow as they overcome this particular mindset. Unfortunately, not all of them do.